May 28, 2020
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has enrolled its first patients in the continuation of a clinical trial using the investigational antiviral drug remdesivir for treatment of COVID-19.
May 27, 2020
A frantic phone call to her neighbor triggered a team response that saved Marie Conley’s life when Hershey Medical Center nurse Kaitlin Snook arrived in time to deliver a lifesaving dose of steroids.
May 26, 2020
Faculty and staff at Penn State College of Medicine are leading or represented on more than one-third of COVID-19 research proposals awarded funding by Penn State Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences.
May 21, 2020
Friday, May 22, will be the last day that Penn State Health will accept drop-off donations of key supplies from the community at large. The health system will close its donation centers in Hershey, Reading, Lancaster and State College.
Barbara Moyer, director of volunteer services at St. Joseph Medical Center, sewed nearly 130 face masks and sent them to volunteers.
May 13, 2020
During National Hospital Week May 10 to 16, Penn State Health recognizes the extraordinary commitment of all its employees, not only now but all year long.
May 9, 2020
Penn State Health today announced it will begin to gradually and systematically resume standard patient appointments, non-emergent surgical procedures and other clinical activities after nearly two months of restrictions due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
May 6, 2020
Nurses act as caregiver, advisor, confidante, educator, advocate – often all at once – and for multiple patients. Nurses also shape policies at the national level as representatives of professional organizations. During National Nurses Week, we’re celebrating the important role nurses play, now and every day of the year.
May 4, 2020
St. Joseph Medical Center has begun using an experimental treatment program called convalescent plasma therapy with a growing number of its COVID-19 positive patients.
Apr 30, 2020
For Patient Experience Week, Dr. Laura Van Scoy shares a letter from a patient that moved her.
